Chapter III

"Souvenirs"

Li Jiangbei was not stubborn this time, and according to Zhou Zhengqun's instructions, he moved to school the next day. Lu Ping, the director of the school office, was already waiting for him in front of the newly cleaned office, and when he saw him, he greeted him with a smile: "Welcome Professor Li, the office has been cleaned up." Li Jiangbei glanced at Lu Ping and found that he was lucky again, and quipped: "It's not a good sign to be blessed so quickly." Lu Ping smiled awkwardly, he knew that Li Jiangbei's words were ironic, in Jiang University, Li Jiangbei was Lu Ping's most frightened one, although he had no power in his hands, but it was really difficult for you, even more powerful than the principal. Lu Ping had a good relationship with Li Jiangbei before, but since he entered the school office and became the director, Li Jiangbei's eyes have changed when he looks at him.

Lu Ping commanded several assistants in Li Jiangbei, as well as a few staff members of the school office, to help Li Jiangbei tidy up his office. At this moment, Chu Yuliang, secretary of the party committee, walked in with a smile: "I moved here so quickly, Lao Li, you can say that the wind is the rain." Okay, it's good to move here, and you can be together a lot when you move in. Li Jiangbei nodded copistically, saying hello to Chu Yuliang. Just as he was about to turn around and sort out his data cabinet, Chu Yuliang grabbed his hand: "Go to my office, I haven't seen you for a long time, let's talk about it first." ”

Li Jiangbei didn't want to go, time was pressing, he had to pack up his office quickly and get to work as soon as possible. Helplessly, Chu Yuliang was gracious, and he couldn't say anything if he didn't go. After all, he is currently the supreme leader.

When he arrived at Chu Yuliang's office, Li Jiangbei was taken aback, he hadn't been to school for more than a month, and the change was really big. Not to mention anything else, Chu Yuliang's office alone made him dumbfounded. In the past, Chu Yuliang worked on the sixth floor, which was a small room with simple decoration. Now in front of his eyes, there are three large rooms, with an area of 90 square meters, and the decoration is about to catch up with the five-star hotel. Li Jiangbei suddenly remembered that the big room on the fourth floor was originally used as a reception room, and he also received experts from Europe here, which was two years ago, when he was the dean of the School of Education and the head of the department. When did it become the secretary's office? Li Jiangbei thought so, and stared at a calligraphy and painting on the front wall, which was the cursive script of Feng Peiming, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Feng Peiming has profound calligraphy skills and loves inscriptions, and he is also a celebrity in the Jiangbei calligraphy and painting industry.

"Good words, good words!" Li Jiangbei praised again and again, the "one heart for the public" in front of him, the writing is really amazing, strong and powerful, full of pen and ink, can be regarded as a treasure in calligraphy.

Hearing Li Jiangbei's praise, Chu Yuliang said with a hint of pride: "Yes, in order to ask for this character, I came to the door several times and spent a lot of time." ”

"Really?" Li Jiang looked at Chu Yuliang with a slight strangeness.

Chu Yuliang smiled and said, "Who said it wasn't? Feng Lao is not in good health, and he is busy with work, so he rarely writes now. At present, except for international friends, Feng Lao rarely gives inscriptions. ”

Li Jiangbei was a little confused when he heard it, when did Chu Yuliang change his name to Feng Peiming as Feng Lao? If he remembers correctly, when we had dinner together last year, I heard him call Feng Peiming Brother Peiming after drinking. Chu Yuliang and Feng Peiming are alumni, and it is no secret that the two have a very unusual personal relationship. Therefore, hearing Chu Yuliang call Feng Peiming Feng Lao, Li Jiangbei felt uncomfortable. Feng Peiming is a few years older than Chu Yuliang.

Chu Yuliang invited Li Jiangbei to sit, but Li Jiangbei was not polite and sat down on his newly purchased Italian sofa.

"How is it, this time, the work is going well, right?" Chu Yuliang asked with concern.

"It's okay, the research work, just watch more, listen more, it's different from academics, and you can't get results."

"No one forces you to make results, if you can grasp the truth more, it is the results. However, you must pay attention to your body, and if you are tired, I will not agree. Chu Yuliang said.

Li Jiangbei guessed that Chu Yuliang was so enthusiastic, what did he want to tell him?

Chu Yuliang made a cup of tea and handed it to Li Jiangbei. "The day before yesterday, Vice Governor Zhou's secretary came and said that he must move you back to school, your wife is not there, and you must take care of your body organizationally. Jiangbei, you are now the backbone of our Jiang University, I have notified the Academic Affairs Office to suppress your classes again, one class in two weeks, or one in half a month, do you think this is okay? ”

"It's not good, no matter how busy you are, you still have to go to class." Li Jiangbei didn't know about the adjustment of class hours by the Academic Affairs Office, and Xiao Su didn't mention it to him. Chu Yuliang didn't argue with him on this matter: "That's it, I'll discuss it with the Academic Affairs Office when I go back, how to come and how to come." ”

The two of them chatted a few more words, and Chu Yu got back to business and talked about business: "Jiangbei, I invited you here today to exchange opinions with you." ”

"Oh?" Li Jiangbei raised his eyes and looked at Chu Yuliang vigilantly.

Chu Yuliang's face was hot when he stared at him, and he said with a dry smile: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's still an old topic, it's your 'Proposal No. 1'." ”

And so it was! The muscles on Li Jiangbei's face moved, and he pretended to ask casually: "Has there been a reply to the proposal?" ”

"Nope." Chu Yuliang put away his smile and put on a posture of long talk, "Jiangbei, there are some things, are your ideas too radical?" ”

Li Jiangbei sighed and said, "Please be more detailed." ”

"I think that we can have different voices and allow everyone to express their views from different angles when it comes to the reform of higher education, but there is a principle, that is, we must not delay the reform, let alone smear our own faces."

"You mean, I smeared the school in the face?"

"Jiangbei, don't think like that, listen to me first."

Li Jiangbei, who had already gotten up, sat down again, picked up the water glass, and took a sip. Chu Yuliang continued: "Reform is to cross the river by feeling the stones, and the reform of higher education in Jiangbei has encountered some problems in the middle, but when we look at the problem, we must first look at the mainstream. As far as our school is concerned, there are many achievements over the years. If there is no reform, can Jiang Da develop to this day? If we don't reform, can we jump from the 26th place in the country to the top 15? Impossible. That's why I say that we should look at the problems that have arisen in the reform dialectically from the perspective of dividing them into two, and we should not say that there is no sun in the whole sky when we see a little darkness. ”

"Secretary Chu, I don't understand what you mean." Li Jiangbei put down the cup he had been holding in his hand, he wanted to hear how Chu Yuliang wanted to characterize him.

"You know, you're playing fool with me." Chu Yuliang smiled, walked over from the table, and sat opposite Li Jiangbei: "Jiangbei, you and I have been in Jiangda for 20 years, right?" ”

"26 years, I was two years ahead of you."

"I said, you are a veteran of Jiang University and a hero, how can you listen to the words of others and make the mistake of liberalism?"

"Secretary Chu, I, Li Jiangbei, didn't listen to other people's remarks." Li Jiangbei's voice was a little excited, and he almost couldn't control himself and was about to bounce off the sofa.

"Jiangbei, don't get excited, if you don't want to hear it, let's not talk about this, say something else, okay?"

"Not good!" Li Jiangbei retorted that for the sake of this so-called "Higher Education Case No. 1," many people have come to him, persuaded him to withdraw it, persuaded him to revise it, and threatened him. Unexpectedly, Chu Yuliang also buttoned him a big hat today. He knows too well what these people mean, aren't they just afraid that he will tell the truth and tell the truth, aren't they afraid that he will tell what he shouldn't say, and aren't they afraid that he will open up the abnormal phenomena hidden behind the reform of higher education?

"Secretary Chu, if there is nothing else, I'll go back first." Li Jiangbei got up indignantly, he still had the same temper, and he couldn't allow others to mix sand in his eyes.

"Jiangbei, don't get excited, sit down, I still have something to tell you." Chu Yuliang was a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that Li Jiangbei was still the same bad temper as before, he originally thought, as soon as Kong Qingyun entered, how could Li Jiangbei be a little more restrained, who knows......

"I'm sorry, I don't have much time, if the secretary has to give instructions, then let's say it at the meeting." After speaking, Li Jiangbei left Chu Yuliang's office without looking back.

Chu Yuliang looked at the figure of Li Jiangbei leaving angrily, and for a long time, he smiled faintly. Li Jiangbei, Li Jiangbei, I'm reminding you, whether you listen or not, it's up to you.

Almost at the same time, Secretary Pang Binlai and Zhou Zhengqun also started a difficult conversation.

Two days ago, the provincial governor held a meeting of the governor's office, in view of a number of problems left in the construction of Zhabei higher education new village, put forward 12 measures, the meeting once again pointed out that Zhabei higher education new village is the product of the reform and development of Jiangbei higher education, is a major event in the history of the development of higher education in Jiangbei, we must spare no effort to do a good job in this century project, fight a tough battle. The meeting put forward two clear goals, one is that the Zhabei Higher Education New Village must be fully launched on schedule, and the first batch of six universities that have been determined to be relocated must be relocated within the specified time without delay. Second, the second phase of the project should be launched as soon as possible, and it should not be carried out in a hurry, let alone become an unfinished project. At the meeting, Zhou Zhengqun raised different opinions, demanding that the relocation time be postponed, and the preparations for various tasks were insufficient, and the hasty relocation would trigger a new round of crisis. His comments were still not taken seriously enough, and the meeting finally reached a resolution calling for the relocation to begin next month.

It was on this issue that Zhou Zhengqun asked Secretary Pang to reflect the situation. After listening to this, Secretary Pang groaned for a long time and did not speak. In the two years since he arrived in Jiangbei, he has received a lot of reports and heard a lot of feedback, and on the whole, he still has a positive attitude towards Zhabei Higher Education New Village. Zhou Zhengqun's reflection on the serious shortage of project construction funds, the scale of payment is too large, the infrastructure construction of colleges and universities is too advanced, canteens and supermarkets, apartments and hotels, and student aristocracy do also exist. But the problem is a problem, the project still has to be carried out, this is registered all over the country, if it runs aground or miscarriage in the middle, the nature is another matter.

"Don't let the problem be stumped, if there is a problem, it must be solved, you will not be intimidated by the difficulty, right?" In front of Zhou Zhengqun, Secretary Pang has always been very casual and rarely speaks in a straight tone. I'm afraid this is related to Xia Wentian, Secretary Pang just came to Jiangbei, Xia Wentian solemnly introduced Zhou Zhengqun to him, and Secretary Pang still trusts the people recommended by Xia Wentian.

"It's not necessary, I'm just worried that if many remaining problems are not solved, and if I am in a hurry to relocate, will there be hidden dangers." Zhou Zhengqun truthfully said the confusion in his heart.

Secretary Pang thought for a moment and said: "There will definitely be hidden dangers, I don't need you to remind me of this, but I think it may not be a good thing to be able to expose hidden dangers as soon as possible." ”

"Secretary Pang, what do you mean......"

"Zhengqun, don't keep figuring out what I mean, when did you develop this problem? Not good. ”

Zhou Zhengqun hurriedly reviewed: "Secretary Pang, I shouldn't have asked like this, but ......"

"There are not so many, but there is only one principle, Zhabei Higher Education New Village must be launched, and it must be fast. As for the problems in it, there is no need to be afraid, if there is a problem, it will be solved, otherwise, what do you want us people to do? ”

Secretary Pang's tone is very decisive, Zhou Zhengqun originally wanted to report more on the construction of Zhabei New Village, these days he has received more than a dozen letters of inquiry, the problems reflected in the letters, have exceeded his original judgment of Zhabei New Village, some of them mentioned that the first phase of the project expanded the scale of construction without authorization, and some people mentioned that the original land occupied by colleges and universities will really be transferred to foreign-funded enterprises after the relocation? The construction giants in this province have been releasing rumors that they will do whatever it takes to get the golden land of Jiangda, and there is an unsightly conspiracy behind all this?

Secretary Pang said this, which is equivalent to sealing Zhou Zhengqun's mouth, Zhou Zhengqun has been contradictory repeatedly, and finally swallowed what he was about to say. He was afraid that he would talk too much, but Secretary Pang really thought that he was making an obstruction.

When the province decided to start the Zhabei Higher Education New Village Project, Zhou Zhengqun voted against it, and he was not in charge of education at that time, and he ranked last among several vice governors. In the past two years, he has not been very enthusiastic about Zhabei New Village, and there are already opinions in the team, saying that he is doing this to attack Feng Peiming for Xia Wentian. Because the Zhabei New Village project was first proposed by Feng Peiming, and he also grasped it single-handedly.

Someone has filed a complaint with Secretary Pang for this matter.

When Zhou Zhengqun was about to say goodbye, Secretary Pang said again: "I heard that you don't dare to contact Xia Lao recently? This is not good, Kong Qingyun is Kong Qingyun, Xia Lao is Xia Lao, you can't even tell this apart, right? ”

Zhou Zhengqun hurriedly explained: "Secretary Pang, this is all misinformation, and I have been really busy with work recently. ”

"Okay, don't explain it, I know what you think. Go back and look at Xia Lao, at this time, you shouldn't hide from him. ”

"This ......" Zhou Zhengqun hesitated.

"Zhengqun, public is public, private is private, whether you have anything to do with Kong Qingyun or not, the organization will find out, and it will not prove your innocence just because you don't go to Xia Lao's house. This little brain, you still don't move. ”

Zhou Zhengqun didn't explain again, and said thoughtfully: "Secretary Pang, I understand." ”

Coming out of Secretary Pang's office, it was almost noon, Zhou Zhengqun thought that it was time to go and see Xia Lao, and it was not a way to avoid it like this. was thinking about whether to make a call first, the mobile phone rang, and when he saw that it was Meng He calling, Zhou Zhengqun answered and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"Zhengqun, you're coming back soon, there's something wrong at home." Meng He said anxiously on the other side of the phone.

"What's the matter, tell me slowly."

"Zhengqun, come back soon, you can't say it on the phone."

Hearing Meng He panic like this, Zhou Zhengqun's heart tightened suddenly, and he came to the car in a few steps and said to the driver: "Go home!" ”

Zhou Zhengqun lived in the family courtyard of the Provincial Party Committee, not far from the compound of the Provincial Party Committee, and a few minutes later, he was already standing in the elevator, thinking in his heart, what could happen at home, Meng Heke had never been so nervous.

As soon as the door opened, Meng He pounced: "Zhengqun, I'm afraid." ”

"What's wrong?" Zhou Zhengqun hugged his wife, not understanding why Meng He was so abnormal today. Meng He calmed down in his arms for a while, and his voice was not so shaky: "Zhengqun, someone sent ......"

"Send what?" Zhou Zhengqun pushed Meng He away violently and looked into the living room vigilantly.

Meng He pointed to an ordinary drink box: "Something...... Inside. ”

Zhou Zhengqun ran over, and as soon as his hand touched the cardboard box, he was stunned!

Inside is a box full of 100 dollar bills!

"Who sent it?" He snapped.

Meng He's body trembled again, and his voice changed: "I...... I don't know, they said they were from Chunjiang City, and they asked you to report to work. ”

"Chunjiang City?" Zhou Zhengqun became more and more puzzled, how could someone in Chunjiang give him such a big "gift"?

Seeing Zhou Zhengqun's face full of shock, Meng He was so frightened that he didn't know what to do. The two people sat for less than 5 minutes, saying that they were going to the office to find Vice Governor Zhou and report on an urgent matter. Meng He asked them to take the box away, and one of the short men said, "A little souvenir, let the children eat it." Meng He didn't care, sent the guests away, opened the box and saw that it was ......

"Who told you to take it!" Zhou Zhengqun almost roared. This is the first time since he became vice governor that someone has openly sent money to his home, and the amount is so huge!

Meng He suffocated his throat and said tremblingly: "They say it's a souvenir, and I only treat it as a susrel." ”

"You-" Seeing Meng He's aggrieved appearance, Zhou Zhengqun suppressed the fire, he thought that Meng He must have let the other party deceive, she wouldn't even have this awareness.

Zhou Zhengqun controlled his emotions and asked Meng He, who are these two people, and what have they said?

Meng He except for remembering that the two of them were tall and short, and the short one spoke Chunjiang dialect, and nothing else was really indescribable. Zhou Zhengqun thought carefully for a while, and a few shadows seemed to appear in his mind, but he denied them one by one.

"By the way, the short man seems to have a scar on his forehead, I saw it when I went out." Meng He said suddenly.

"Scars?" Zhou Zhengqun's heart was shocked, and a face that had been forgotten suddenly jumped out, it was him, it must be right!

After figuring out who the other party was, Zhou Zhengqun was not so anxious, he knew that this box of money must be related to the stranded second phase of the Jiangbei University project, and someone began to spend a lot of money to buy him. Thinking like this, I suddenly remembered something and asked, "Why didn't you go to work?" ”

Meng He was startled by his voice, and until now, she was still in a high state of tension. Her husband asked her many times that she must not receive subordinates at home, let alone accept other people's things. She had made such a mistake before, which made Zhou Zhengqun very passive, but compared to this time, she didn't receive a gift at all before. She said in her heart that she had fallen into a catastrophe.

Hearing Zhou Zhengqun's question, Meng He woke up: "I went to the hospital in the morning, and Lijuan's condition is serious again. ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to the hospital, Zhou Zhengqun didn't ask in detail, he knew something about Geng Lijuan's situation, and Meng He said it on weekdays. He can't care about Geng Lijuan now, and he must find a way to deal with the tricky matter in front of him as soon as possible.

It is obviously impossible to let the other party come over to withdraw the money, since the other party dares to send it, he must not plan to take it back, and Zhou Zhengqun still has this judgment. Also, the other party did not give him a "gift" once or twice, the first few times it was delivered to him, and after being criticized, he obediently took it back. He once warned the other party that if he dared to mess around, he would even hand over people and things to the Commission for Discipline Inspection, but he didn't think that the other party would come behind his back.

It seems that the other party still does not give up.

What to do? Zhou Zhengqun thought about it again and again and decided to find the Commission for Discipline Inspection, if this matter is not handled well, it will not only affect himself, but also affect the future relocation work. The decision was made, Zhou Zhengqun did not dare to delay, and directly called Liu Mingjian and asked Liu Mingjian to bring two comrades over. After not making much effort, Liu Mingjian brought two comrades from the work office of the organ to his house. Zhou Zhengqun explained the situation roughly, pointed to the drink box at the door and said: "The things are all in it, I haven't ordered the specifics, it won't be a small amount." ”

Liu Mingjian arranged for the staff to count the numbers, and at the same time asked Meng He about the situation: "Did they say that Vice Governor Zhou would do anything?" ”

Meng He's mood was much better than just now, especially when he saw Liu Mingjian, he felt that his hanging heart suddenly relaxed. She said: "They only said that they were looking for a group to report to work, but they didn't say what was going on. ”

"I didn't even tell you my identity?"

Meng He shook his head, and Zhou Zhengqun interjected: "Don't ask her, her mind is blank now." ”

Meng He glanced at her husband gratefully, and wanted to pour water for Liu Mingjian to drink, Liu Mingjian said, "No need, let's go back after ordering." ”

The money was quickly counted, and it was 1.2 million in total. Liu Mingjian sighed: "They are so generous. Zhou Zhengqun also said with mixed feelings: "With this money, you can build a primary school in Jianglong County." ”

The two staff members filled out the list according to the regulations and handed it to Zhou Zhengqun for signing, and after Zhou Zhengqun signed it, he handed it to Liu Mingjian. The moment Liu Mingjian signed, he suddenly said: "This matter has to be reported to Comrade Jin Ziyang and Pang Binlai, do you want to go over together?" ”

Zhou Zhengqun thought for a while and said, "You report according to the regulations, I won't go." If there is anything else you need to take, just let me know. ”

Liu Mingjian and they have been gone for a long time, Zhou Zhengqun is still the man with the scar on his forehead in his mind, is there any other purpose for him to send money at this time?

At noon, Zhou Zhengqun and Meng He didn't eat and couldn't eat. Although the matter was temporarily resolved, the impact on this family was still great. Especially Meng He, she sweated for her husband. When he was about to go to work, Zhou Zhengqun said: "In the afternoon, you prepare some simple gifts and follow me to Xia's hometown." ”

"Zhengqun—" Meng He shouted.

Zhou Zhengqun stared at her suspiciously: "What's the matter?" ”

"Zhengqun, can we not go?" Meng He looked weird, and there was something inscrutable in his eyes.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Zhengqun was puzzled.

"You'll just listen to me once, and don't go to his house for the time being, okay?" Meng He walked over, stood in front of Zhou Zhengqun, and looked at Zhou Zhengqun. At this moment, Meng He's mind was so confused, she was really thinking about her husband. Meng He was a little worried, would Kong Qingyun's matter really involve her husband? She remembered the phone call she had received a few days ago, as well as the rumors she had heard recently, and her heart couldn't help but flutter.

Zhou Zhengqun sensed his wife's uneasiness, Meng He must have heard something, otherwise, she would not have stopped herself from going to Xia's hometown. He stretched out his hand to wrap his arms around his wife and asked, "Meng He, you tell me the truth, what did you hear?" ”

Meng He didn't dare to answer positively, and said with a pale face: "Zhengqun, I'm afraid of ......"

"Afraid of what?" When Meng He said this, Zhou Zhengqun became more and more suspicious.

"I can't tell, but you better not get too close to them, it's not good."

Zhou Zhengqun's face sank suddenly, and he dared to conclude that Meng He must have been asking around for news behind his back. From the day Kong Qingyun had an accident, Zhou Zhengqun repeatedly reminded Meng He that Kong Qingyun was different from others, and this time he must take care of his ears and mouth, and he must not inquire about what he should not inquire.

"Meng He, tell me, have you looked for someone else?"

"No, no." Meng He hurriedly shook her head, but her lying appearance was really clumsy, and her eyes and tone of voice betrayed her. Zhou Zhengqun didn't ask any further, but he said: "Meng He, I'll say it again, you must not meddle in this matter, this is the principle!" ”

Meng He's face became more and more terrifying, Zhou Zhengqun didn't say that it was okay, as soon as she said it, the ghost in her heart became bigger.

"Zhengqun—" Meng He was so weak that he felt like he couldn't stand anymore. Zhou Zhengqun ignored her this time, picked up a few materials spread out on the table and walked out. Meng He chased after him: "Zhengqun, do you really want to go to Xia's hometown?" ”

Zhou Zhengqun glanced at his wife fiercely, didn't speak, and left the house with a stomach full of unhappiness.

Meng He was soft on the sofa, these days, Xia Yu called, she didn't dare to answer, and people in the unit talked about Xia Lao's family, and she didn't dare to intervene. She even told her son to distance himself from Coco as soon as possible. In short, she was strained by the relationship between the two families for many years, and there were rumors that someone wanted to use Kong Qingyun to attack Xia Lao and Zhou Zhengqun, is this true?